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KIEV, Ukraine — A crowded open-air market in Ukraine’s strategically important coastal city of Mariupol came under rocket fire Saturday morning, killing at least 10 people, regional police said.Mariupol lies on the Azov Sea and is the major city between mainland Russia and the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula. Heavy fighting in the region...

Ukrainian officials said early-morning shelling killed at least 15 people in the port city of Mariupol, which is held by Kiev’s forces, just a day after pro-Russian rebels in the region announced they were pulling out of peace talks and launching a new offensive. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine’s head of reforms says that tackling corruption is the country’s top priority as it tries to convince its international rescue creditors to give it more loans. The economy and public finances of Ukraine have been drained by uncertainty over the country’s future amid a war in its eastern region....

​Officials in southeastern Ukraine say the government-held port city of Mariupol was being targeted by heavy barrages of Grad rockets on January 24 as part of a Russian-backed separatist offensive. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...